ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Quincy Ford scored 14 points and Joel Smith added 11 to lead Northeastern to a 61-52 win against UC Riverside in the opening game of the Great Alaska Shootout on Wednesday night.
Marco Banegas-Flores had nine points for the Huskies (3-1).
Josh Fox scored 14 points for the Highlanders (1-4).
Northeastern plays the winner of Wednesday's later game between Belmont and Alaska-Anchorage in the semifinals on Friday, while UC Riverside plays the loser in a consolation semi.
The Huskies took control early with a 12-0 run in a 4:29 stretch of the first half that gave them a double-digit lead they maintained for much of the rest of the way. UC Riverside got within 57-52 on Chris Harriel's 3-pointer with 1:04 remaining, but Northeastern protected the lead at the free-throw line.
This is Northeastern's second appearance in the Great Alaska Shootout. In 1986, the Reggie Lewis-led Huskies shocked No. 2-ranked and defending national champion Louisville en route to the championship game, where they lost to 10th-ranked Iowa.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Northeastern (3-1) « | 38 | 23 | 61 |
| California Riverside (1-4) | 20 | 32 | 52 |
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| Northeastern Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Spencer, F | 26 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Q. Ford, G | 33 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| J. Smith, G | 32 | 2-7 | 6-6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| M. Banegas-Flores, G | 29 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Z. Stahl, G | 18 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Pollard | 20 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| D. Walker | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Avenant | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Marshavelski | 9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Peck | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-41 | 19-25 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 61 | |
| 41.5% | 76% | ||||||
| California Riverside Highlanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Harriel, F | 35 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Fox, F | 34 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| C. Patton, F | 20 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| R. Smith, G | 37 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| A. Quick, G | 22 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Devenny | 25 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Guinn | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Johnson | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Boddie | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Jones | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-51 | 3-4 | 27 | 19 | 20 | 52 | |
| 43.1% | 75% | ||||||
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